document_title: America's Got Talent

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text: America's Got Talent

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Duration
Winner's prize2
Finalists
Presenter
Judges

Premiere
Finale
Winner
Runner-up
Third place

1
June 21, 2006
August 17, 2006
$1,000,000
Bianca Ryan
All That
The Millers
Regis
Philbin
David Hasselhoff
Brandy Norwood
Piers Morgan
N/A1

2
June 5, 2007
August 21, 2007
Terry Fator
Cas Haley
Butterscotch
Jerry
Springer
Sharon Osbourne

3
June 17, 2008
October 1, 2008
Neal E. Boyd
Eli Mattson
Nuttin' But Stringz

4
June 23, 2009
September 16, 2009
Kevin Skinner
Bárbara Padilla
Recycled Percussion
Nick
Cannon

5
June 1, 2010
September 15, 2010
Michael Grimm
Jackie Evancho
Fighting Gravity
Howie Mandel

6
May 31, 2011
September 14, 2011
Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
Silhouettes
Team iLuminate

7
May 14, 2012
September 13, 2012
Olate Dogs
Tom Cotter
William Close
Howard Stern

8
June 4, 2013
September 18, 2013
Kenichi Ebina
Taylor Williamson
Jimmy Rose
Mel B
Heidi Klum
Howard Stern

9
May 27, 2014
September 17, 2014
Mat Franco
Emily West
AcroArmy

10
May 26, 2015
September 16, 2015
Paul Zerdin
Drew Lynch
Oz Pearlman

11
May 31, 2016
September 14, 2016
Grace VanderWaal
The Clairvoyants
Jon Dorenbos
Simon Cowell
Howie Mandel

12
May 30, 2017
September 20, 2017
Darci Lynne Farmer
Angelica Hale
Light Balance
Tyra
Banks

13
May 29, 2018
September 2018
TBA
TBA
TBA

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^ A fourth judge was added in season eight.
^ Beginning with season three, the prize includes the one million dollars, payable in a financial annuity over 40 years, and a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip. The length of the headlining stint has varied, with season four's prize including a 10-week schedule[6] and season eleven's lasting three days.[6]
A book was released in 2013 titled Inside AGT: The Untold Stories of America's Got Talent. It describes the seasons, contestants, judges, and production techniques of the show and contains detailed interviews with contestants from all seasons.[7]

text: Guest judges[edit]

text: Starting with the tenth season, each of the main judges invited a guest judge to join the judging panel for one night during the Judge Cuts stage of the competition. The guest judges had the ability to employ the golden buzzer to bypass the other judges and advance an act to the live shows. The first guest judge, Neil Patrick Harris, appeared at the invitation of Howard Stern in episode eight of season ten, which aired on July 14, 2015. Michael Bublé appeared at the invitation of Heidi Klum in episode nine of season ten, which aired on July 21, 2015. Marlon Wayans appeared at the invitation of Howie Mandel in episode ten of season ten, which aired on July 28, 2015. Piers Morgan appeared at the invitation of Mel B in episode eleven of season ten, which aired on August 4, 2015.[8] Beginning with the eleventh season the guest judges were announced without any indication if they were invited by one of the regular judges.[9] This continued into the twelfth season when the guest judges were announced by NBC through various outlets.[10][11][12]

text:
Season
Guest Judge (in order of appearance)

10
Neil Patrick Harris
Michael Bublé
Marlon Wayans
Piers Morgan

11
Ne-Yo
Reba McEntire
George Lopez
Louis Tomlinson

12
Chris Hardwick
DJ Khaled
Laverne Cox
Seal

13
Ken Jeong
Martina McBride
Olivia Munn

text: Selection process[edit]

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text: Producers' Auditions[edit]

text: The general selection process of the show begins with separate producers' auditions held in various cities across the United States, some of which host only the producers' auditions, and some of which also host judges' auditions held in theaters. This round is held several months before the judges' audition. Acts that have made it through the producers' audition then audition in front of the judges and a live audience.[13]

text: Judges' Auditions[edit]

text: Following the producers' auditions, acts that are called back are to audition in front of (as of 2013) four celebrity judges and an audience. These auditions are specifically held in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and are pre recorded to be later televised. The announced judges for the Season 13 (2018) are Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Melanie Brown (Mel B) and Howie Mandel. Tyra Banks will be returning to the show as the host. The current date the series is set to premiere is May 29, 2018. At the Judges' Auditions, the four judges may individually register their disapproval of an act by pressing a red buzzer in front of each judge on the judging table, which lights up their corresponding X both at the table and above the stage, this lighting is followed by a quick flash of light on stage and a loud buzzing effect. Any performer who receives X's (3 in seasons 1 to 7, or 4 from season 8 onwards) from the judges must stop performing as the stage turns red and is eliminated. Since season three (2008), large audiences that are seated in the auditorium by the separate company On Camera Audiences have become factors in the judging process, as their reaction of clapping or booing way swing or influence a judge's votes. Judges are allowed to express constructive criticism after the 90 seconds of the act are over. If an act receives three or more "yes" votes, they advance to the next round of competition. However, in the majority of the seasons, several acts do not perform in the second round if they do not pass with 3 or more "yes" votes. Many acts that move on may be cut by producers and may forfeit due to the limited slots available for the second performance.

text: Bootcamp[edit]

text: Judgement Week (Season 2-9)[edit]

text: From Season 2 (2007) to Season 8 (2013), Las Vegas Week has been an intermediary televised taped round between the auditions and the live shows. This round takes place in a notable venue on the Las Vegas Strip. Names for this round in previous seasons have included "Las Vegas Callbacks" (Seasons 2-3) and "Vegas Verdicts" (Season 4) and "Las Vegas Week" (Seasons 5-8). The Las Vegas round generally consists of acts performing a second time for the judges (except for Season 4 in 2009 in which only 3 acts needed to perform again), who then pick select acts to move on to the live shows. An act eliminated in Las Vegas Week is not completely excluded from the live show competition, as several seasons have featured contestants being brought back from this round as "wildcard" acts.

text: Prior to the inclusion of this round, the judges would have a list containing a number of acts which advanced past the auditions during each live show. The judges would then pick ten acts from that group each week, leaving several acts without the chance to perform.

text: In Season 9 (2014), acts went to New York instead of Las Vegas to determine a place in the live shows.[14]

text: Judge Cuts (Season 10-)[edit]

text: In Season 10, Judge Cuts format was introduced. One guest judge per round will join the judging panel and help with decisions. Each guest judge was given one golden buzzer opportunity to send an act straight to the live shows, but they do not receive a red X. Twenty acts are shown each week, and seven advance, including one from the guest judge's golden buzzer. Any act that received all four red buzzers was to be immediately eliminated from the competition. Judge Cuts is specifically held in the NBC Universal Back Lot in a selected sound stage, therefore making the audience smaller compared to both the Judges' Auditions in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and the Live Shows held in the Dolby Theatre.

text: Live shows[edit]

text: During the live shows, a group of acts ranging from only a Top 20 (Season 2), to as many as 60 (Season 8), compete for viewers' and judges' votes. In the first season, the judges could not end an act's performance, but could either "check" or "X" the performance during their critique. Since Season 2 (2007), judges have been able to end an act's performance early, and the "check" was removed. Generally, acts each perform first in a live round consisting of a series of quarterfinals. In seasons with YouTube auditions, the round of live judging of YouTube finalists takes place then, as part of these quarterfinals. Then there may be additional shows for wild card acts—acts that one or more of the judges select to be given one more chance for audience vote despite previous elimination. From these shows, the existing group is narrowed through votes by the public and/or the judges (depending on the season). Acts then move on to a semifinal round, and even further rounds (such as a "Top 8" or a "Top 10", depending on the season) through a series of weekly shows, which trim the number of acts down each time based on a public vote. In the majority of seasons, judges have had no vote from the semifinals. All these rounds culminate in a live final, which has consisted of anywhere from 4 to 10 acts throughout the seasons. The act with the most votes is declared the winner, given $1 million, and, since Season 3 (2008), a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip.

text: During Seasons 1 through 6 (2006–2011), the live shows were filmed at Stage 36 of CBS Television City in Los Angeles. In Season 7 (2012), the live shows were held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. From Seasons 8 through 10 (2013–2015), live performances were held at Radio City Music Hall in New York. From Season 11 (2016) onwards the live shows are being held at the Dolby Theatre.[15]

text: For Seasons 5 through 8 (2010–13), the show also made the winner the headline act of a national tour with runners up following the final show, stopping in 25 cities.[16][17] For season nine, however (2014), there was no tour; two shows were held in Las Vegas for the winner and some of the runner-up acts.[18] (See #America's Got Talent Live, below.)

text: YouTube auditions[edit]

text: From Season 5 (2010) to Season 7 (2012), acts who did not attend live auditions could instead submit a taped audition online via YouTube. Acts from the online auditions were then selected to compete in front of the judges and a live audience during the "live shows" part of the season, prior to the semi-finals. The most successful act of the YouTube auditions was Jackie Evancho, who went on to place second in Season 5 and after the season ended, became the youngest solo artist ever to go platinum in the U.S.[19][20]

text: Before the inclusion of this round, the show had a separate audition episode in Seasons 3 and 4 (2008–2009) for contestants who posted videos on MySpace.[21]

text: Golden Buzzer[edit]

text: Introduced in season nine, the "Golden Buzzer" is located on the center of the judges' desk and may be used once per season by each judge. In season 9, a judge could press the golden buzzer to save an act from elimination, regardless of the number of X's earned from the other judges. Starting in season 10 and onward, any act that receives a golden buzzer advances directly to the live show; and in season 11, the hosts also were given the power to use the golden buzzer. The golden buzzer is also used in the Judge Cuts format.

text:
Season
Nick Cannon
Howie Mandel
Mel B
Heidi Klum
Howard Stern

9
N/A
Emmanuel & Phillip Hudson
N/A
Dustin's Dojo

10
Drew Lynch
Sharon Irving
Arielle Baril
Freckled Sky

Season
Nick Cannon
Howie Mandel
Mel B
Heidi Klum
Simon Cowell

11
Dorothy Williams
Grace VanderWaal
Laura Bretan
Sal Valentinetti
Calysta Bevier

Season
Tyra Banks
Howie Mandel
Mel B
Heidi Klum
Simon Cowell

12
Light Balance
Christian Guardino
Darci Lynne Farmer
Angelina Green
Mandy Harvey

13
Zurcaroh
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

text: Season synopses[edit]

text: Season 1 (2006)[edit]

text: In May 2006, NBC announced the new show. The audition tour took place in June. Auditions were held in the following locations: Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Some early ads for the show implied that the winning act would also headline a show at a casino, possibly in Las Vegas; however, this was replaced with a million dollars due to concerns of minors playing in Las Vegas, should one become a champion. More than 12 million viewers watched the series premiere (which is more than American Idol got during its premiere in 2002). The two-hour broadcast was the night's most-watched program on U.S. television and the highest-rated among viewers aged 18 to 49 (the prime-time audience that matters most to advertisers), Nielsen Media Research reported.[22]

text: On the season finale, there was an unaired segment that was scheduled to appear after Aly & AJ. The segment featured Tom Green dressing in a parrot costume and squawking with a live parrot to communicate telepathically. Green then proceeded to fly up above the audience, shooting confetti streamers out of his costume onto the crowd below.

text: In season one, the show was hosted by Regis Philbin and judged by actor David Hasselhoff, singer Brandy Norwood, and journalist Piers Morgan.

text: The winner of the season was 11-year-old singer Bianca Ryan, and the runners-up were clogging group All That and musical group The Millers.

text: Season 2 (2007)[edit]

text: After initially announcing in June 2006 that season two would premiere in January 2007 and would air at 8 pm on Sunday nights, with no separate results show, the network changed that, pushing the show back to the summer, where the first season had enjoyed great success. This move kept the show out of direct competition with American Idol, which had a similar premise and was more popular.

text: In AGT's place, another reality-based talent show, Grease: You're The One That I Want, began airing on Sunday nights in the same time slot on NBC beginning in January.[23] In March, NBC announced that Philbin would not return as host of the show, and that Jerry Springer would succeed him as host,[24] with Sharon Osbourne (formerly a judge on Cowell's UK show The X Factor) succeeding Brandy Norwood as a judge.

text: The season finale was shown Tuesday, August 21, with the winner being Terry Fator, a singing impressionist ventriloquist. The runner-up was singer Cas Haley.

text: Season 3 (2008)[edit]

text: Season three premiered on June 17, 2008. Auditions took place in Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Chicago from January to April. A televised MySpace audition also took place.

text: Season three differed from the previous two in many ways. Auditions were held in well-known theaters across the nation, and a new title card was introduced, featuring the American flag as background. The X's matched the ones on Britain's Got Talent as did the judges' table. Like the previous season, the Las Vegas callbacks continued, but there were forty acts selected to compete in the live rounds, instead of twenty. This season also contained several results episodes, but not on a regular basis. The show took a hiatus for two-and-a-half weeks for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but returned with the live rounds on August 26.

text: Neal E. Boyd, an opera singer, was named the winner on October 1. Eli Mattson, a singer and pianist, was runner-up.

text: Season 4 (2009)[edit]

text: Season four premiered on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. It was the first to be broadcast in high definition. Auditions for this season were held in more than nine major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Tacoma, Boston, and Houston. Los Angeles auditions kicked off the January 29–31 tour at the Los Angeles Convention Center, followed by the February 7–8 Atlanta auditions. New York and Miami auditions were held during March. Tacoma auditions were held April 25 and 26. In addition to live auditions and the ability to send in a home audition tape, season four offered the opportunity for acts to upload their video direct to NBC.com/agt with their registration. This year's host was Nick Cannon. Jerry Springer said that he could not return as host due to other commitments.[25]

text: The audition process in season four was the same as the previous season, but the 'Las Vegas Callbacks' was renamed 'Vegas Verdicts'. This was the first season since season one where results episodes lasted one hour on a regular basis. The title card this year featured bands of the American flag and stars waving around the America's Got Talent logo.

text: On September 16, country music singer Kevin Skinner was named the season's winner. The grand prize was $1 million and a 10-week headline show at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The runner-up was Bárbara Padilla, an opera singer.[26]

text: Season 5 (2010)[edit]

text: For season five, the network had considered moving the show to the fall, after rival series So You Think You Can Dance transferred from the summer to fall season in 2009.[27] NBC ultimately decided to keep Talent a summer show.

text: Open auditions were held in the winter to early spring of 2010 in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, and Portland (Oregon). Non-televised producers' auditions were also held in Atlanta and Philadelphia. For the first time, online auditions were also held via YouTube.

text: David Hasselhoff left to host a new television show[28] and was replaced by comedian and game show host Howie Mandel. This made Piers Morgan the only original judge left in the show.[29] The show premiered Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at 8 pm ET. Afterward, Talent resumed the same time slot as the previous season.[30]

text: On September 15, singer Michael Grimm was named the winner. He won a $1 million prize and a chance to perform at the Caesars Palace Casino and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, as well as headline the 25-city America's Got Talent Live Tour along with runner-up Jackie Evancho, Fighting Gravity, Prince Poppycock, and the other top ten finalists.[16][17]

text: Season 6 (2011)[edit]

text: Season six premiered on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, with a two-hour special. Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne continued as judges after taking jobs on Piers Morgan Tonight and The Talk, respectively. On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 27, 2010, Morgan officially stated that he had signed a three-year contract to stay on Talent.[31]

text: The show held televised auditions in Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Seattle, and Houston. Non-televised producers' auditions were also held in Denver and Chicago. Previews of auditions were shown during NBC's The Voice premiere on April 26. Online auditions via YouTube were also held for the second time in the show's run, beginning on May 4. Finalists for this audition circuit competed live on August 9.

text: On Wednesday, September 14, Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., a Frank Sinatra-style singer, was named the winner. Dance group Silhouettes was runner-up.

text: Season 7 (2012)[edit]

text: Season seven premiered on May 14, 2012. The first round of auditions, which are judged by producers, were held in New York, Washington, D.C., Tampa, Charlotte, Austin, Anaheim, St. Louis, and San Francisco from October 2011 to February 2012.[32] The show began its live theater performances at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on February 27.

text: Piers Morgan did not return as a judge for season seven, due to his work hosting CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight,[33] and he was replaced by Howard Stern. Since Stern hosts his SiriusXM radio show in New York City, the live rounds of the show were moved to nearby Newark, New Jersey.[34] In December 2011, Simon Cowell, the show's executive producer, announced that the show would be receiving a "top-to-bottom makeover", confirming that there would be new graphics, lighting, theme music, show intro, logo, and a larger live audience at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.[35] On July 2, at the first live performance show of the season, their new location and stage were unveiled in a two-and-a-half-hour live special. A new set was also unveiled with a revised judges' desk and a refreshed design of the "X".

text: On August 6, Sharon Osbourne announced that she would leave America's Got Talent after the current season, in response to allegations that her son Jack Osbourne was discriminated against by the producers of the upcoming NBC program Stars Earn Stripes.[36]

text: On September 13, Olate Dogs were announced the winner of the season, becoming the show's first completely non-singing act to win the competition and also the first non-solo act to win. Comedian Tom Cotter finished as the runner-up.

text: Season 8 (2013)[edit]

text: Season eight of AGT premiered on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.[37] The new season was announced in a promotional video shown during a commercial break for season seven's second live show. Sharon Osbourne initially stated that she would not return for the season,[38] but later said that she was staying with the show "for now."[39] Osbourne confirmed that she would be leaving the show after a feud with NBC on August 6, 2012.[40][41]

text: On February 20, 2013, it was announced that one of the Spice Girls members, Mel B (Melanie Brown), would replace Sharon Osbourne as the third judge. Entertainment Weekly also reported at the same time that NBC was looking at a possible fourth judge to be added.[42] On March 3, it was announced that supermodel Heidi Klum would be joining the show as the new fourth judge.[43]

text: An Audition Cities poll for the season was announced on July 11, 2012. The first batch of Audition Cities were announced as Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland (Oregon), New Orleans, Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville, Savannah, Raleigh, Norfolk, San Antonio, New York, Columbus (Ohio), and Chicago. This season, the auditions traveled to more cities than ever before.[44] America's Got Talent moved its live shows to Radio City Music Hall in New York for season eight.[45] Auditions in front of the judges and an audience began taping on March 4. The show traveled to New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Antonio.[45]

text: On September 18, 2013, martial arts dancer/mime Kenichi Ebina was announced the winner of the season, the first dance act to win the competition. Stand-up comedian Taylor Williamson was the runner-up.

text: Season 9 (2014)[edit]

text: Season nine premiered on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 8 pm ET.[46] The producers' auditions began on October 26, 2013, in Miami. Other audition sites included Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and New York. Contestants could also submit a video of their audition online.[47] Auditions in front of the judges were held February 20–22 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, which also hosted the live shows during season seven. Judges' auditions were held in New York City at Madison Square Garden from April 3 to 6 and in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theatre from April 21 to 26.[48]

text: The live shows return to Radio City Music Hall on July 29. There was also a new twist in the show, where "Judgment Week" was held in New York City instead of Las Vegas. Judgment Week was originally intended to be held in front of a live studio audience, but after three acts performed, the producers scrapped the live audience concept.[14] This season also came with the addition of a "Golden Buzzer," which was unveiled on that same year's Britain's Got Talent. Each judge can press the buzzer only once each season that can save an act, typically used when there is a tie.[49]

text: For this season, contestants were invited to submit a video of their performance to The Today Show website throughout June, and the top three entrants performed their acts on The Today Show on July 23, 2014. The performer with the most votes, Cornell Bhangra, filled the 48th spot in the quarterfinals.

text: On September 17, magician Mat Franco was announced the winner of the season, the first magic act to win the competition. Singer Emily West was the runner-up.

text: Season 10 (2015)[edit]

text: Season ten premiered on May 26, 2015. Producer auditions began on November 2, 2014, in Tampa. Other audition sites included Nashville, Richmond (Virginia), New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Antonio, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Seattle, Boise, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Online submissions were also accepted.[50]

text: Howard Stern rumored on his radio show on October 1, 2014, that he might not return,[51] but announced on December 8 that he would return for the upcoming season. Nick Cannon returned for his seventh season as host.[52] On February 9, 2015, Howie Mandel said he would return for season ten[53] and Mel B announced the next day that she would be returning as well.[54] It was revealed on February 11 that Heidi Klum would also be returning.[55]

text: It was announced on December 4, 2014, that Cris Judd would be named as a dance scout.[56] He previously worked on the show as a choreographer behind the scenes, and on the New Zealand version of Got Talent as a judge.

text: Auditions in front of the judges began on March 2, 2015, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.[57][58] They continued at the Manhattan Center in New York City and the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. A special "extreme" audition session was held outside at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, where danger acts performed outside for the judges, who were seated at an outdoor stage.

text: During NBC's summer press tour, it was announced that America's Got Talent would be making their "Golden Buzzer" more like Britain's Got Talent where the contestant that gets the buzzer will be sent directly to the live shows.[59] An official trailer for the season was released, which showed that Dunkin Donuts was the show's official sponsor for the season, with their cups prominently placed on the judges' desk. Dunkin replaced Snapple, which sponsored the show since season seven.

text: On June 24, Howard Stern announced on The Howard Stern Show that season ten would be his last season as judge. Stern said, "In all seriousness, I’ve told you, I’m just too f*cking busy…something's got to give… NBC's already asked me what my intentions are for next year, whether or not I’d come back, I kind of have told them I think this is my last season. Not I think, this is my last season".[60]

text: On September 16, Paul Zerdin was announced the winner of the season, making him the second ventriloquist to win. Comedian Drew Lynch was runner-up, and magician mentalist Oz Pearlman was in Third Place.

text: Season 11 (2016)[edit]

text: America's Got Talent was renewed for an eleventh season on September 1, 2015.[61] The season will have preliminary open call auditions in Detroit, New York, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, San Jose, San Diego, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Orlando, and Dallas.[62] As in years past, hopeful contestants may also submit auditions online.[63]

text: On October 22, 2015, it was announced that creator Simon Cowell would replace Howard Stern as a judge for season 11.[3] Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel all returned as judges, with Nick Cannon returning as host. The live shows moved from New York back to Los Angeles, due to Stern's departure,[64] at the Dolby Theatre.[65]

text: Auditions in front of the judges began on March 3, 2016 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.[66] The season premiered on May 31, 2016.[67]

text: On September 14, 12-year-old singer-songwriter and ukulele player Grace VanderWaal was announced as the second female and second child to win America's Got Talent (Bianca Ryan, age 11, was first). Magician mentalists The Clairvoyants were runners-up, and magician Jon Dorenbos placed third.

text: Season 12 (2017)[edit]

text: On August 2, 2016, it was announced that host Nick Cannon and all four judges would be returning for season 12.[68] Later that year, on October 4, Simon Cowell signed a contract to remain as a judge through to 2019 (Season 14).[69]

text: On February 13, 2017, Cannon announced he would not return as host for the twelfth season, citing creative differences between him and executives at NBC. The resignation came in the wake of news that the network considered firing Cannon after he made disparaging remarks about NBC in his Showtime comedy special Stand Up, Don't Shoot.[70] NBC selected Tyra Banks as the new host for season 12,[4] which premiered on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.[71]

text: On September 20, Darci Lynne Farmer won the twelfth season, becoming the third ventriloquist, third child act and the third female act to win the competition (second year in a row after VanderWaal's win in 2016). Child singer Angelica Hale was announced as the runner-up, and Ukrainian dance act Light Balance finished in third place. Deaf musician Mandy Harvey and dog act Sara & Hero rounded out the top five.

text: Season 13 (2018)[edit]

text: On February 21, 2018, it was announced that judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel along with Tyra Banks would all be returning. The season premiered on May 29, 2018.[5]

text: Post-show[edit]

text: America's Got Talent Live[edit]

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text: America's Got Talent Live is a show on the Las Vegas Strip that features the winner of each season of America's Got Talent as the main performance.

text: In 2009, America's Got Talent Live appeared on the Las Vegas Strip appearing Wednesday through Sunday at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, in a limited ten-week run from October through January featuring winner Kevin Skinner, runner-up Barbara Padilla and fourth-place finisher The Texas Tenors. It featured the final ten acts which made it to the season four (2009) finale. Jerry Springer emceed, commuting weekly between Stamford, Connecticut, tapings of his self-named show and Las Vegas.[72]

text: In 2010, on the first live show of season five, the winner headlined America's Got Talent Live from Caesars Palace Casino and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, which was part of a 25-city tour that featured the season's finalists. Jerry Springer returned as both host of the tour and the headliner of the show.[73]

text: In 2012, the tour returned, featuring winners Olate Dogs, Spencer Horsman, Joe Castillo, Lightwire Theater, David Garibaldi and his CMYK's, Jarrett and Raja, Tom Cotter, and other fan favorites.

text: In 2013, after the success of the 2012 tour, another tour was scheduled, featuring season eight's winner, Kenichi Ebina, and finalists Collins Key, Jimmy Rose, Taylor Williamson, Cami Bradley, The KriStef Brothers, and Tone the Chiefrocca.[74] Tone hosted the tour.

text: In 2014, America's Got Talent Live announced that performances in Las Vegas on September 26 and 27 would feature Taylor Williamson, the season eight (2013) runner-up, and the top finalists for season nine: Mat Franco, Emily West, Quintavious Johnson, AcroArmy, Emil and Dariel, Miguel Dakota, and Sons of Serendip.[18]

text: In 2015, no tour was held. Instead, three shows were given at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas featuring winner Paul Zerdin, runner-up Drew Lynch, and fan favorite Piff the Magic Dragon.

text: In 2016, four shows were given at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas. They featured the top two finalists for season 11, Grace VanderWaal and The Clairvoyants, as well as finalist Tape Face.[75]

text: In 2017, four shows were given at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas. They featured winner Darci Lynne, runner-up Angelica Hale, third-placed Light Balance, and finalist Preacher Lawson.[76]

text: Holiday Spectacular[edit]

text: NBC broadcast the two-hour America's Got Talent Holiday Spectacular on December 19, 2016, hosted by Cannon with performances by Grace VanderWaal, Jackie Evancho, Andra Day, Penn & Teller, Pentatonix, Terry Fator, Mat Franco, Piff the Magic Dragon, Olate Dogs, Professor Splash, Jon Dorenbos and others, and featuring the Season 11 judges, including Klum, who sang a duet with Season 11 finalist Sal Valentinetti.[77] The special drew 9.5 million viewers.[78]

text: Reception[edit]

text: U.S. television ratings[edit]

text: Since the show began, its ratings have been very high, ranging from 9 million viewers to as many as 16 million viewers, generally averaging around 11 million viewers. The show has also ranked high in the 18–49 demographic, usually rating anywhere from as low as 1.6 to as high as 4.6 throughout its run. Audition shows and performance shows rate higher on average than results shows.

text: Although the show's ratings have been high, the network usually keeps the show's run limited to before the official start of the next television season in the third week of September with some reductions or expansions depending on Olympic years, where finale ratings are usually lower due to returning programming on other networks.

text: The highest rated season in overall viewers to date is season four (2009). The most-watched episode has been the finale of season five (2010), with 16.41 million viewers. The series premiere and an episode featuring the first part of Las Vegas Week in season six (2011) have each tied for highest rating among adults 18–49, both having a 4.6 rating.

text:
Season
Premiered
Ended
TV season
Timeslot (ET)
Season
viewers
Season
ranking

Date
Viewers
(in millions)
Date
Viewers
(in millions)

1
June 21, 2006
12.41
Final Performances: August 16, 2006

2005–06
Wednesday 8:00 pm

1

Season Finale: August 17, 2006
12.05
Thursday 9:00 pm

1

2
June 5, 2007
12.93
Final Performances: August 20, 2007

2006–07
Tuesday 8:00 pm

1

Season Finale: August 21, 2007
13.87

3
June 17, 2008
12.80
Final Performances: September 30, 2008
10.23
2007–08
Tuesday 9:00 pm (June 17 – August 5)
Tuesday 8:00 pm (after August 26)

1

Season Finale: October 1, 2008
12.55
Wednesday 9:00 pm
(after August 27)

1

4[79][80][81]
June 23, 2009
11.30
Final Performances: September 15, 2009
13.84
2008–09
Tuesday 9:00 pm

1

Season Finale: September 16, 2009
15.53
Wednesday 9:00 pm

1

5[82][83]
June 1, 2010
12.35
Final Performances: September 14, 2010
14.60
2009–10
Tuesday 9:00 pm

1

Season Finale: September 15, 2010
16.41
Wednesday 9:00 pm

1

6[84][85][86]
May 31, 2011
15.28
Final Performances: September 13, 2011
13.67
2010–11
Tuesday 8:00 pm (May 31 – July 5)
Tuesday 9:00 pm (after July 5)
12.65
1

Season Finale: September 14, 2011
14.37
Wednesday 9:00 pm
(after June 22)
11.49[87]
1

7[88][89][90]
May 14, 2012
10.48
Final Performances: September 12, 2012
11.05
2011-12
Monday 8:00 pm (May 14 – July 3)
Tuesday 8:00 pm (after July 3)
10.48[91]
1

Season Finale: September 13, 2012
10.59
Tuesday 9:00 pm (May 14 – July 3)
Wednesday 9:00 pm (after July 3)
10.58[87]
1

8[92][93][94]
June 4, 2013
12.41
Final Performances: September 17, 2013
11.19
2012–13
Tuesday 8:00 pm
11.22[95]
1

Season Finale: September 18, 2013
11.49
Wednesday 8:00 pm
(after July 10)
10.34[96]
1

9[97][98][99]
May 27, 2014
12.00
Final Performances: September 16, 2014
11.46
2013–14
Tuesday 8:00 pm (May 27 – July 15)
Tuesday 9:00 pm (after July 22)
10.31[100]
1

Season Finale: September 17, 2014
12.21
Wednesday 9:00 pm
(after July 23)
10.37[101]
1

10[102][103][104]
May 26, 2015
11.09
Final Performances: September 15, 2015
11.33
2014–15
Tuesday 8:00 pm
10.70[105]
1

Season Finale: September 16, 2015
9.54
Wednesday 8:00 pm
(after August 12)
9.07[106]
1

11[107][108][109]
May 31, 2016
11.67
Final Performances: September 13, 2016
13.97
2015–16
Tuesday 8:00 pm
11.71[110]
1

Season Finale: September 14, 2016
14.41
Wednesday 8:00 pm
(after July 5)
10.97[111]
1

12[112][113][114]
May 30, 2017
12.37
Final Performances: September 19, 2017
14.70
2016–17
Tuesday 8:00 pm
12.90[115]
1

Season Finale: September 20, 2017
15.64
Wednesday 8:00 pm
(after August 9)
12.00[116]
1

13[117]
May 29, 2018
12.06
Final Performances: September, 2018
TBA
2017–18
Tuesday 8:00 pm
TBA
TBA

Season Finale: September, 2018
TBA

TBA
TBA

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Year
Association
Category
Result
Ref.

2011
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Competition Show
Nominated
[118]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Nominated
[119]

Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special
Nominated
[120]

2012
Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Nominated
[121]

Teen Choice Awards
Choice Summer TV Show
Nominated
[122]

Choice Male TV Personality: Nick Cannon
Nominated
[123]

2013
Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Nominated
[124]

2014
People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Competition Show
Nominated
[125]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Nominated
[126]

2015
People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Competition Show
Nominated
[127]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Talent Competition Show
Nominated
[128]

2016
People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Competition Show
Won
[129]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Talent Competition Show
Nominated
[130]

2017
Critics' Choice Awards
Best Reality Series - Competition
Nominated

People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Competition Show
Nominated
[129]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Won

2018
Critics' Choice Awards
Best Reality Series - Competition
Nominated

text: Top-selling albums by former contestants[edit]

text: Sales numbers and rankings are U.S. sales only.

text:
Rank
Former contestant
Total US sales
Albums

1
Jackie Evancho
(season 5, runner-up)
3,000,000+[131]

Prelude to a Dream (2009) No. 121[132]
O Holy Night (2010) No. 2 (Platinum certification)[133]
Dream with Me (2011) No. 2 (Gold certification)[133][134]
Heavenly Christmas (2011) No. 11[133][135]
Songs from the Silver Screen (2012) No. 7[136]
Awakening (2014) No. 17[137][138]
Someday at Christmas (2016) No. 93[139]
Two Hearts (2017) No. 100[140] (Evancho's 7th consecutive No. 1 ranking on the Classical Albums Chart)[141]

2
Lindsey Stirling
(season 5 quarterfinalist)
856,000+[142]

Lindsey Stirling (2012) No. 23
Shatter Me (2014) No. 2
Brave Enough (2016) No. 5

3
The Texas Tenors
(season 4, 4th place)
500,000+[143]

The Texas Tenors (album)|Country Roots, Classical Sound: Remastered Special Edition (2011) No. 1 Classical Catalog Albums chart[144]
O Night Divine (2013) No. 13 Classical Albums chart[145]
You Should Dream (2013) No. 111; No. 5 Classical Albums chart[146]
First 5 Years Live (2014) No. 1 Classical Catalog Albums chart[144]
Rise (2017) No. 22; No. 1 Classical Albums Chart[147]

4
Grace VanderWaal
(season 11 winner)
200,000+[148]

Perfectly Imperfect (2016) No. 4
Just the Beginning (2017) No. 22

5
Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
(season 6 winner)
156,000+[149]

That's Life (2011) No. 34[150]
Christmas Made for Two (2013) did not chart

6
Bianca Ryan
(season 1 winner)
150,000+[151]

Bianca Ryan (2006) No. 57
Christmas Everyday (2007) did not chart
The True Meaning of Christmas (2009) did not chart

7
Cas Haley
(season 2 runner-up)
40,000+[152][153]

Cas Haley (2008) No. 8
Connection (2010) did not chart
La Si Dah (2013) did not chart

8
Michael Grimm
(season 5 winner)
22,000+[154]

Michael Grimm Live (2007) did not chart
I Am Michael Grimm (2009) did not chart
Leave Your Hat On (2010) No. 101
Michael Grimm (2011) No. 13

9
Neal E. Boyd
(season 3 winner)
6,000+[155]

My American Dream (2009) No. 195

text: Contestants who have competed on other reality shows[edit]

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text: Many acts which have competed on America's Got Talent but were ultimately eliminated before the final round have either previously competed on or went on to compete in a number of other reality shows, most notably American Idol and America's Best Dance Crew.

text: The following America's Got Talent (AGT) contestants also appeared on American Idol (AI):

text:
AGT
Season
Year
Contestant
AI
Season
Year
Outcome

1
2006
Jessica Sanchez
11
2012
Runner-up

3
2008
Holli Harden
9
2010
Appeared

4
2009
Thia Megia
10
2011
Finished in the Top 11

4, 9
2009, 2014
Kelli Glover
1
2002
Appeared

6
2011
Shevonne Phillidor
15
2016
Appeared

9
2014
Nick Fradiani, member of Beach Avenue
14
2015
Winner

10
2015
Jenna Renae
15
2016
Top 24

11
2016
Sal Valentinetti
14
2015
Appeared

text: The following America's Got Talent (AGT) contestants also appeared on America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC):

text:
AGT
Season
Year
Contestant
ABDC
Season
Year
Outcome

2
2007
Jabbawockeez
1
2008
Champions

3
2008
Extreme Dance FX
5
2010
Competed as Blended Projekt

3, 4
2008, 2009
SQ Entertainment
1
2008
Runner-up

4
2009
BreakSk8
1
2008
Finished in fourth place

4
2009
FootworKINGz
6
2011
Competed

5
2010
Rated Next Generation (RNG)
7
2012
Finished in Top Four

5
2010
Strikers All-Stars
3
2009
Finished in Top Four

7
2012
787 Crew
6
2011
Competed

9
2014
Flight Crew Jump Rope
5
2010
Finished in fifth place, and competed as Saltare

text: The following America's Got Talent (AGT) contestants also appeared on these other shows:

text:
AGT
Season
Year
Contestant
Show
Season
Year
Network
Outcome

1
2006
Tonya Kay, member of Trey Knight's Stilt World
Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
1
2006
SyFy
5th Place

2
2007
Tammie Brown
RuPaul's Drag Race
1
2009
Logo
8th Place

2
2007
Tika "Sweetie" Rainn
Flavor of Love
1
2006
VH1
8th Place

3
2008
Derrick Barry
RuPaul's Drag Race
8
2016
Logo
5th Place

5
2010
Justin Hopkins
The Voice
2
2012
NBC
Advanced to Battle Rounds

5
2010
Murray SawChuck
Celebracadabra
1
2008
VH1
Appeared

5
2010
Alice Tan Ridley
30 Seconds to Fame
Pilot
2002
Fox
Winner

6
2011
Dani Shay
The Glee Project
2
2012
Oxygen
Appeared

7
2012
Trisha Paytas
Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
2
2007
SyFy
7th Place

7
2012
Horse
American Ninja Warrior
4
2012
G4 and NBC
Competed

7
2012
Bria Kelly
The Voice
6
2014
NBC
Advanced to Top 10 on Team Usher

7
2012
Academy of Villains
Fake Off
2
2015
TruTV
Appeared

7
2012
Lightwire Theatre
Fake Off
1
2014
TruTV
Winners

7, 8
2012, 2013
D'Angelo and Amanda
Live to Dance
1
2011
CBS
Winners

7
2015
Ben Blaque
Britain's Got Talent
10
2010
ITV
Advanced to the semi-finals

8
2015
Alexandr Magala
Britain's Got Talent
10
2010
ITV
9th place

8
2013
Kennedy Davenport
RuPaul's Drag Race
7
2015
Logo
4th Place

8
2013
Tummy Talk
The Gong Show
1
2017
ABC
Appeared

8
2013
Angela Hoover
First Impressions
1
2016
USA Network
Appeared

8
2013
KriStef Brothers
Fake Off
1
2014
TruTV
7th Place

8
2013
Taylor Williamson
Last Comic Standing
7
2010
NBC
Semifinalist

9
2014
Adrian Romoff
Child Genius
2
2016
Lifetime
Winner

10
2015
Leroy Patterson
Solitary
2
2007
Fox Reality
7th Place

10
2015
Myq Kaplan
Last Comic Standing
7
2010
NBC
Finalist

10
2015
Freelusion Dance Company
Fake Off
1
2014
TruTV
Fourth place, appeared as Freelusion USA

10
2015
Piff the Magic Dragon
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
1
2011
2014
ITV (U.K.)
The CW (U.S.)
Appeared

10
2015
Stevie Starr
Britain's Got Talent
4
2010
ITV
Advanced to the semi-finals[156]

11
2016
Cory Kahaney
Last Comic Standing
1
2003
NBC
Finalist

11
2016
Laura Bretan
Romania's Got Talent
6
2016
Pro TV
Winner[157]

13
2018
Yumbo Dump
Asia's Got Talent
2
2017
AXN Asia
Semifinalist[158]

text: International broadcasts[edit]

text: In Indonesia, the eleventh season has currently been broadcast by NET. since October 22, 2016 every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm WIB.[159] But, since Monday, October 31, in addition to the weekend slot, the show has also been broadcast every Monday to Friday at 5 pm WIB as the replacement of the currently concluded TV drama, the second season of Kesempurnaan Cinta, which was concluded on Friday, October 28, 2016.[160]

text: In the United Kingdom, TruTV, along with simulcasts on the Made Television network, show America's Got Talent, with TruTV showing it from the tenth season.

text: The thirteenth season of the show will air on AXN Asia, together with the twelfth series of Britain's Got Talent.


document_title: List of countries by GDP (PPP)

question_text: where does kenya rank in the world by gdp

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text: List of countries by GDP (PPP)

text: Lists

text: Click on one of the small triangles in the headings to re-order the list according to that category.

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text:
List by the International Monetary Fund (estimates for 2017)[5][6]

List by the World Bank (2017)[7][8][9]

List by the CIA World Factbook (1993–2017)[10]

Rank
Country
GDP(millions of Current Int$)

 World
126,687,917

1
 China[n 1]
23,159,107

—
 European Union[n 2]
20,982,857

2
 United States
19,390,600

3
 India
9,459,002

4
 Japan
5,428,813

5
 Germany
4,170,790

6
 Russia
4,007,831

7
 Indonesia
3,242,771

8
 Brazil
3,240,319

9
 United Kingdom
2,914,042

10
 France
2,835,746

11
 Mexico
2,458,357

12
 Italy
2,310,902

13
 Turkey
2,173,227

14
 South Korea
2,029,032

15
 Spain
1,773,906

16
 Saudi Arabia
1,773,551

17
 Canada
1,769,270

18
 Iran
1,644,705

19
 Australia
1,246,475

20
 Thailand
1,233,737

21
 Egypt
1,201,188

22
 Taiwan
1,185,480

23
 Poland
1,121,009

24
 Nigeria
1,118,756

25
 Pakistan
1,056,987

26
 Malaysia
930,750

27
 Argentina
920,249

28
 Netherlands
916,078

29
 Philippines
875,572

30
 South Africa
765,568

31
 Colombia
714,004

32
 Bangladesh
687,144

33
 United Arab Emirates
686,831

34
 Iraq
658,791

35
 Vietnam
647,369

36
 Algeria
632,904

37
 Belgium
528,458

38
 Singapore
527,021

39
 Sweden
520,937

40
  Switzerland
517,172

41
 Romania
481,453

42
 Kazakhstan
477,593

43
 Hong Kong
454,912

44
 Chile
451,070

45
 Austria
439,575

46
 Peru
424,385

47
 Venezuela
380,743

48
 Norway
380,006

49
 Czech Republic
375,679

50
 Ukraine
368,784

51
 Qatar
347,887

52
 Ireland
343,682

53
 Myanmar
334,856

54
 Israel
316,120

55
 Portugal
310,651

56
 Kuwait
309,640

57
 Greece
302,150

58
 Morocco
300,556

59
 Hungary
284,266

60
 Denmark
284,040

61
 Sri Lanka
278,415

62
 Finland
239,662

63
 Uzbekistan
222,792

64
 Ethiopia
194,980

65
 Angola
193,935

66
 Oman
189,582

67
 Sudan
186,715

68
 New Zealand
186,476

69
 Ecuador
184,629

70
 Slovak Republic
179,527

71
 Dominican Republic
174,180

72
 Belarus
173,405

73
 Azerbaijan
167,431

74
 Kenya
164,340

75
 Tanzania
163,522

76
 Bulgaria
152,079

77
 Guatemala
138,987

78
 Tunisia
136,797

79
 Ghana
131,498

80
 Puerto Rico
129,848

81
 Serbia
107,131

82
 Turkmenistan
103,987

83
 Panama
100,512

84
 Croatia
100,006

85
 Côte d'Ivoire
95,887

86
 Uganda
91,212

87
 Lithuania
90,387

88
 Jordan
89,555

89
 Lebanon
88,786

90
 Libya
87,067

91
 Costa Rica
85,781

92
 Bolivia
83,608

93
 Cameroon
81,535

94
 Uruguay
77,800

95
   Nepal
77,147

96
 Yemen
74,250

97
 Bahrain
69,922

98
 Slovenia
69,358

99
 Zambia
68,648

100
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
68,331

101
 Paraguay
68,005

102
 Afghanistan
67,462

103
 Macau
65,732

104
 Cambodia
64,405

105
 Luxembourg
63,549

106
 El Salvador
57,285

107
 Latvia
53,268

108
 Honduras
45,628

109
 Trinidad and Tobago
44,654

110
 Laos
44,639

111
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
44,462

112
 Senegal
43,326

113
 Mali
40,974

114
 Estonia
41,202

115
 Madagascar
40,055

116
 Georgia
39,318

117
 Botswana
39,054

118
 Mongolia
37,731

119
 Mozambique
37,321

120
 Gabon
36,999

121
 Albania
36,198

122
 Nicaragua
35,835

123
 Burkina Faso
35,598

124
 Brunei Darussalam
32,838

125
 Macedonia
31,924

126
 Cyprus
31,093

127
 Equatorial Guinea
30,807

128
 Republic of Congo
30,607

129
 Zimbabwe
29,795

130
 Chad
29,730

131
 Papua New Guinea
29,481

132
 Tajikistan
27,802

133
 Mauritius
27,507

134
 Namibia
27,451

135
 Armenia
27,116

136
 Jamaica
26,474

137
 Benin
25,407

138
 Rwanda
24,717

139
 Kyrgyz Republic
22,737

140
 Malawi
22,577

141
 Kosovo
22,405

142
 Niger
21,655

143
 South Sudan
20,423

144
 Moldova
20,207

145
 Haiti
19,979

146
 Malta
18,404

147
 Iceland
17,846

148
 Mauritania
17,421

149
 Guinea
17,056

150
 Togo
12,494

151
 Sierra Leone
11,551

152
 Swaziland
11,352

153
 Montenegro
10,934

154
 Eritrea
9,678

155
 The Bahamas
9,374

156
 Fiji
8,798

157
 Burundi
8,024

158
 Suriname
7,961

159
 Lesotho
7,287

160
 Bhutan
7,045

161
 Guyana
6,398

162
 Maldives
5,853

163
 Barbados
4,983

164
 Timor-Leste
4,567

165
 Liberia
3,960

166
 Cape Verde
3,762

167
 Djibouti
3,658

168
 The Gambia
3,607

169
 Central African Republic
3,411

170
 Belize
3,252

171
 Guinea-Bissau
3,089

172
 Seychelles
2,761

173
 Antigua and Barbuda
2,372

174
 St. Lucia
2,110

175
 San Marino
2,093

176
 Grenada
1,588

177
 St. Kitts and Nevis
1,544

178
 Comoros
1,329

179
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1,299

180
 Solomon Islands
1,247

181
 Samoa
1,129

182
 Dominica
847

183
 Vanuatu
772

184
 São Tomé and Príncipe
685

185
 Tonga
597

186
 Micronesia
345

187
 Palau
297

188
 Kiribati
222

189
 Marshall Islands
188

190
 Tuvalu
41

Rank
Country
GDP(millions of Current Int$)

 World
127,723,794

1
 China[n 1]
23,300,782

2
 United States
19,390,604

3
 India
9,448,659

4
 Japan
5,562,822

5
 Germany
4,193,922

6
 Russia
3,749,283

7
 Indonesia
3,242,768

8
 Brazil
3,240,524

9
 United Kingdom
2,896,833

10
 France
2,871,264

11
 Italy
2,410,985

12
 Mexico
2,344,197

13
 Turkey
2,254,114

14
 South Korea
1,969,106

15
 Spain
1,773,972

16
 Saudi Arabia
1,773,549

17
 Canada
1,702,435

18
 Iran
1,700,356

19
 Thailand
1,233,736

20
 Australia
1,157,298

21
 Egypt
1,129,919

22
 Nigeria
1,118,755

23
 Poland
1,112,364

24
 Pakistan
1,088,982

25
 Malaysia
930,749

26
 Argentina
920,248

27
 Netherlands
907,032

28
 Philippines
875,311

29
 South Africa
765,567

30
 Colombia
714,003

31
 United Arab Emirates
694,468

32
 Iraq
658,200

33
 Vietnam
647,368

34
 Bangladesh
637,078

35
 Algeria
631,150

36
  Switzerland
550,346

37
 Belgium
540,867

38
 Singapore
527,021

39
 Romania
506,132

40
 Sweden
504,088

41
 Kazakhstan
476,366

42
 Austria
462,990

—
 Hong Kong
454,886

43
 Chile
434,848

44
 Peru
432,115

45
 Venezuela
409,389

46
 Czech Republic
390,989

47
 Ukraine
368,217

48
 Ireland
367,301

49
 Qatar
338,817

50
 Israel
334,667

51
 Portugal
331,445

52
 Myanmar
327,629

53
 Norway
322,101

54
 Greece
299,241

55
 Morocco
298,230

56
 Kuwait
297,594

57
 Denmark
291,600

58
 Hungary
277,543

59
 Sri Lanka
274,718

60
 Finland
249,065

61
 Uzbekistan
222,338

62
 Ethiopia
199,336

63
 Sudan
198,758

64
 New Zealand
196,152

65
 Oman
193,218

66
 Ecuador
193,138

67
 Angola
190,290

68
 Belarus
179,203

69
 Slovakia
174,678

70
 Dominican Republic
172,591

71
 Azerbaijan
171,588

72
 Tanzania (mainland)
163,886

73
 Kenya
163,309

74
 Bulgaria
143,850

75
 Guatemala
137,849

76
 Tunisia
137,358

77
 Ghana
133,826

78
 Libya
125,142

79
 Serbia
105,966

80
 Croatia
104,233

81
 Turkmenistan
103,604

82
 Panama
100,194

83
 Côte d'Ivoire
96,046

84
 Lithuania
90,749

85
 Lebanon
89,263

86
 Cameroon
88,859

87
 Jordan
88,809

88
 Costa Rica
83,615

89
 Bolivia
83,546

90
 Uganda
79,889

91
   Nepal
78,591

92
 Uruguay
77,992

93
 Yemen
75,346

94
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
72,165

95
 Slovenia
71,926

—
 Macau
71,672

96
 Bahrain
70,937

97
 Afghanistan
70,368

98
 Zambia
69,235

99
 Paraguay
66,007

100
 Cambodia
64,050

101
 Luxembourg
62,139

102
 Latvia
53,561

103
 El Salvador
51,061

104
 Laos
48,167

105
 Honduras
46,198

106
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
45,156

107
 Trinidad and Tobago
43,234

108
 Senegal
42,992

109
 Estonia
41,619

110
 Mali
41,004

111
 Mongolia
39,982

112
 Botswana
39,770

113
 Georgia
39,768

114
 Madagascar
39,764

115
 Mozambique
37,005

116
 Gabon
36,823

117
 Nicaragua
36,324

118
 Burkina Faso
35,887

119
 Papua New Guinea
34,633

120
 Albania
34,541

121
 Zimbabwe
34,476

122
 Brunei Darussalam
33,797

123
 Macedonia
31,729

124
 Equatorial Guinea
31,460

125
 Cyprus
29,606

126
 Guinea
29,056

127
 Chad
28,924

128
 Tajikistan
28,373

129
 Armenia
28,271

130
 Congo, Republic of the
28,193

131
 Mauritius
28,174

132
 Namibia
26,542

133
 Jamaica
25,999

134
 Benin
25,327

135
 Rwanda
24,852

136
 Kyrgyzstan
23,104

137
 West Bank and Gaza
22,886

138
 Malawi
22,387

139
 Niger
21,834

140
 Moldova
20,226

141
 Haiti
19,930

142
 Kosovo
19,688

143
 Malta
18,395

144
 Iceland
18,265

145
 Mauritania
17,458

146
 Togo
12,240

147
 Bahamas, The
12,031

148
 Montenegro
11,681

149
 Swaziland
11,617

150
 Sierra Leone
10,264

151
 Timor-Leste
9,350

152
 Fiji
8,652

153
 Suriname
8,515

154
 Burundi
8,376

155
 Bhutan
7,721

156
 Maldives
7,273

157
 Lesotho
6,991

158
 Guyana
6,349

159
 Barbados
5,326

160
 Liberia
3,911

161
 Cape Verde
3,733

162
 Djibouti
3,716

163
 Gambia
3,602

164
 Central African Republic
3,382

165
 Belize
3,219

166
 Guinea-Bissau
3,165

167
 Seychelles
2,776

168
 Saint Lucia
2,543

169
 Antigua and Barbuda
2,407

170
 San Marino
2,085

171
 Grenada
1,609

172
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
1,498

173
 Solomon Islands
1,480

174
 Samoa
1,299

175
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1,296

176
 Comoros
1,263

177
 Vanuatu
886

178
 Dominica
785

179
 Sao Tome and Principe
685

180
 Tonga
643

181
 Federated States of Micronesia
382

182
 Palau
316

183
 Kiribati
253

184
 Marshall Islands
223

185

 Nauru

193

186
 Tuvalu
44

Rank
Country
GDP(billions of Current Int$)
Year

 World
127,000
2017 est.

1
 China[n 1]
23,120
2017 est.

—
 European Union[n 2]
20,850
2017 est.

2
 United States
19,360
2017 est.

3
 India
9,447
2017 est.

4
 Japan
5,405
2017 est.

5
 Germany
4,150
2017 est.

6
 Russia
4,000
2017 est.

7
 Indonesia
3,243
2017 est.

8
 Brazil
3,219
2017 est.

9
 United Kingdom
2,880
2017 est.

10
 France
2,826
2017 est.

11
 Mexico
2,406
2017 est.

12
 Italy
2,307
2017 est.

13
 Turkey
2,133
2017 est.

14
 South Korea
2,027
2017 est.

15
 Saudi Arabia
1,789
2017 est.

16
 Spain
1,769
2017 est.

17
 Canada
1,764
2017 est.

18
 Iran
1,631
2017 est.

19
 Australia
1,235
2017 est.

20
 Thailand
1,229
2017 est.

21
 Egypt
1,199
2017 est.

22
 Taiwan
1,175
2017 est.

23
 Nigeria
1,118
2017 est.

24
 Poland
1,111
2017 est.

25
 Pakistan
1,056
2017 est.

26
 Malaysia
926.1
2017 est.

27
 Netherlands
915.2
2017 est.

28
 Argentina
911.5
2017 est.

29
 Philippines
874.5
2017 est.

30
 South Africa
757.3
2017 est.

31
 Colombia
712.5
2017 est.

32
 United Arab Emirates
691.9
2017 est.

33
 Bangladesh
686.5
2017 est.

34
 Iraq
660.7
2017 est.

35
 Vietnam
643.9
2017 est.

36
 Algeria
629.3
2017 est.

37
 Belgium
526.4
2017 est.

38
 Sweden
521.7
2017 est.

39
  Switzerland
516.7
2017 est.

40
 Singapore
513.7
2017 est.

41
 Kazakhstan
474.3
2017 est.

42
 Romania
474.0
2017 est.

—
 Hong Kong
453.0
2017 est.

43
 Chile
452.1
2017 est.

44
 Austria
434.1
2017 est.

45
 Peru
424.6
2017 est.

46
 Venezuela
389.4
2017 est.

47
 Norway
375.9
2017 est.

48
 Czech Republic
372.6
2017 est.

49
 Ukraine
366.4
2017 est.

50
 Ireland
344.8
2017 est.

51
 Qatar
341.7
2017 est.

52
 Myanmar
330.9
2017 est.

53
 Israel
315.6
2017 est.

54
 Portugal
311.3
2017 est.

55
 Kuwait
302.5
2017 est.

56
 Morocco
300.1
2017 est.

57
 Greece
299.5
2017 est.

58
 Denmark
285.5
2017 est.

59
 Hungary
283.6
2017 est.

60
 Sri Lanka
278.2
2017 est.

61
 Finland
242.4
2017 est.

62
 Uzbekistan
221.7
2017 est.

63
 Ethiopia
195.8
2017 est.

64
 Angola
192.0
2017 est.

65
 Ecuador
188.5
2017 est.

67
 Oman
187.9
2017 est.

67
 Sudan
186.8
2017 est.

68
 New Zealand
185.7
2017 est.

69
 Slovakia
178.7
2017 est.

70
 Belarus
175.9
2017 est.

71
 Dominican Republic
172.6
2017 est.

72
 Azerbaijan
166.8
2017 est.

73
 Kenya
163.4
2017 est.

74
 Tanzania
162.8
2017 est.

75
 Bulgaria
152.4
2017 est.

76
 Guatemala
138.3
2017 est.

77
 Tunisia
135.9
2017 est.

78
 Cuba
132.9
2016 est.

79
 Ghana
130.2
2017 est.

—
 Puerto Rico
127.3
2017 est.

80
 Serbia
106.6
2017 est.

81
 Turkmenistan
103.5
2017 est.

82
 Croatia
100.2
2017 est.

83
 Panama
99.43
2017 est.

84
 Cote d'Ivoire
96.27
2017 est.

85
 Lithuania
90.63
2017 est.

86
 Jordan
89.05
2017 est.

87
 Uganda
88.61
2017 est.

88
 Lebanon
87.89
2017 est.

89
 Costa Rica
85.20
2017 est.

90
 Bolivia
83.50
2017 est.

91
 Cameroon
81.55
2017 est.

92
   Nepal
78.55
2017 est.

93
 Uruguay
78.41
2017 est.

—
 Macau
73.58
2017 est.

94
 Slovenia
70.36
2017 est.

95
 Bahrain
69.77
2017 est.

96
 Afghanistan
69.51
2017 est.

97
 Yemen
68.95
2017 est.

98
 Zambia
68.90
2017 est.

99
 Paraguay
68.05
2017 est.

100
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
67.99
2017 est.

101
 Luxembourg
64.39
2017 est.

102
 Cambodia
64.21
2017 est.

103
 Libya
63.14
2017 est.

104
 El Salvador
56.90
2017 est.

105
 Latvia
53.47
2017 est.

106
 Syria
50.28
2015 est.

107
 Laos
49.21
2017 est.

108
 Honduras
45.68
2017 est.

109
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
43.85
2017 est.

110
 Senegal
43.07
2017 est.

111
 Trinidad and Tobago
42.78
2017 est.

112
 Estonia
41.20
2017 est.

113
 Mali
40.98
2017 est.

114
 North Korea
40.00
2015 est.

115
 Madagascar
39.81
2017 est.

116
 Botswana
39.55
2017 est.

117
 Georgia
39.32
2017 est.

118
 Mongolia
38.40
2017 est.

119
 Mozambique
37.39
2017 est.

120
 Gabon
36.75
2017 est.

121
 Nicaragua
36.22
2017 est.

122
 Albania
35.87
2017 est.

123
 Burkina Faso
35.68
2017 est.

124
 Zimbabwe
33.87
2017 est.

125
 Brunei
32.91
2017 est.

126
 Macedonia
31.55
2017 est.

127
 Cyprus
31.19
2017 est.

128
 Papua New Guinea
30.84
2017 est.

129
 Chad
29.64
2017 est.

130
 Equatorial Guinea
29.38
2017 est.

131
 Congo, Republic of the
29.16
2017 est.

132
 Tajikistan
27.67
2017 est.

133
 Mauritius
27.44
2017 est.

134
 Armenia
27.21
2017 est.

135
 Namibia
27.02
2017 est.

136
 Guinea
26.45
2017 est.

137
 Jamaica
26.20
2017 est.

138
 Benin
25.29
2017 est.

139
 Rwanda
24.61
2017 est.

140
 Kyrgyzstan
22.64
2017 est.

141
 Malawi
22.47
2017 est.

142
 Niger
21.62
2017 est.

—
 West Bank
21.22
2014 est.

143
 Moldova
20.07
2017 est.

144
 Haiti
19.88
2017 est.

145
 South Sudan
19.75
2017 est.

—
 Kosovo
19.38
2017 est.

146
 Malta
18.53
2017 est.

147
 Iceland
17.73
2017 est.

148
 Somalia
17.47
2017 est.

149
 Mauritania
17.37
2017 est.

150
 Togo
12.43
2017 est.

151
 Sierra Leone
11.75
2017 est.

152
 Swaziland
11.34
2017 est.

153
 Montenegro
10.86
2017 est.

—
 New Caledonia
10.77
2015 est.

154
 Eritrea
9.631
2017 est.

155
 Bahamas, The
9.339
2017 est.

156
 Fiji
8.647
2017 est.

157
 Burundi
7.985
2017 est.

158
 Suriname
7.928
2017 est.

159
 Monaco
7.672
2015 est.

160
 Lesotho
7.448
2017 est.

—
 Isle of Man
7.428
2014 est.

161
 Bhutan
7.011
2017 est.

162
 Maldives
6.896
2017 est.

163
 Guyana
6.367
2017 est.

164
 Timor-Leste
6.211
2017 est.

—
 French Polynesia
5.490
2015 est.

—
 Bermuda
5.198
2013 est.

—
 Jersey
5.080
2015 est.

165
 Liechtenstein
4.978
2014 est.

166
 Barbados
4.919
2017 est.

—
 Guam
4.882
2013 est.

167
 Liberia
3.906
2017 est.

—
 U.S. Virgin Islands
3.792
2013 est.

168
 Cape Verde
3.734
2017 est.

169
 Djibouti
3.640
2017 est.

170
 Gambia, The
3.582
2017 est.

—
 Guernsey
3.465
2015 est.

171
 Central African Republic
3.395
2017 est.

172
 Andorra
3.327
2015 est.

173
 Belize
3.230
2017 est.

—
 Curaçao
3.128
2012 est.

174
 Guinea-Bissau
3.071
2017 est.

175
 Seychelles
2.712
2017 est.

—
 Aruba
2.516
2009 est.

—
 Cayman Islands
2.507
2014 est.

176
 Antigua and Barbuda
2.390
2017 est.

177
 Saint Lucia
2.384
2017 est.

—
 Greenland
2.173
2015 est.

178
 San Marino
2.083
2017 est.

—
 Gibraltar
2.044
2014 est.

—
 Faroe Islands
2.001
2014 est.

179
 Grenada
1.590
2017 est.

180
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.528
2017 est.

181
 Comoros
1.323
2017 est.

182
 Solomon Islands
1.317
2017 est.

183
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1.281
2017 est.

184
 Samoa
1.130
2017 est.

—
 Western Sahara
0.9065
2007 est.

185
 Dominica
0.8510
2017 est.

186
 Vanuatu
0.7870
2017 est.

—
 American Samoa
0.7110
2013 est.

—
 Northern Mariana Islands
0.6820
2013 est.

187
 Sao Tome and Principe
0.6820
2017 est.

—
 Turks and Caicos Islands
0.6320
2007 est.

188
 Tonga
0.5870
2017 est.

—
 Saint Martin
0.5615
2005 est.

—
 British Virgin Islands
0.5000
2010 est.

—
 Sint Maarten
0.3658
2014 est.

189
 Micronesia, Federated States of
0.3470
2017 est.

190
 Palau
0.3010
2017 est.

—
 Falkland Islands
0.2818
2012 est.

—
 Cook Islands
0.2441
2010 est.

191
 Kiribati
0.2240
2017 est.

—
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.2153
2006 est.

192
 Marshall Islands
0.1890
2017 est.

—
 Anguilla
0.1754
2009 est.

193
 Nauru
0.1590
2017 est.

—
 Wallis and Futuna
0.0600
2004 est.

—
 Montserrat
0.0438
2006 est.

194
 Tuvalu
0.0420
2017 est.

—
 Saint Helena
0.0311
2009 est.

—
 Niue
0.0101
2003 est.

—
 Tokelau
0.0015
1993 est.

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document_title: Maze Runner: The Death Cure

question_text: who dies in maze runner death cure movie

text: Maze Runner: The Death Cure

text: Plot[edit]

text: Thomas, Newt, and Frypan are the last of the free "Gladers" immune to the Flare virus that has ravaged the world's population. They and The Right Arm resistance conduct a rescue operation where they retrieve other Immunes from a train, which is owned by WCKD, an organization responsible for capturing and experimenting on immune children. They discover that Minho, their remaining Glader friend whom WCKD had captured, was not on that train, which is headed to "The Last City", WCKD's base of operations. Against the orders of Vince, leader of The Right Arm, the three leave their camp to rescue Minho, who is being tortured by WCKD in hopes of developing a cure for the virus. Heading for the Last City, the group is attacked by Cranks, humans infected with the Flare. However, they are saved by Jorge and Brenda, who join them.

text: The group makes it to the wall of the Last City, which protects the city from Cranks. Outside the wall, people are rallying in protest to be let into the city. When WCKD opens fire at the protesters, the group is captured by a contingent of masked men and are taken to a hideout. One of the masked men is revealed to be Gally, who survived Minho's attack. Gally takes them to see Lawrence, a rebellion leader for those outside the walls, who helps them enter the Last City through a secret entrance. Gally leads Thomas and Newt through to the city and, spotting Teresa, Gally tells Thomas that he can get them into WCKD headquarters. Newt then confides to Thomas that he is infected. Promising to cure him, the three capture Teresa.

text: Thomas, Newt, and Gally escort Teresa inside WCKD headquarters and toward the location of the Immunes. Gally looks after the Immune children and stays to find a serum that slows the Flare, while Thomas, Newt, and Teresa go to find Minho. They are discovered and chased by Janson. Teresa lets them escape to find Minho before rushing to do a blood test on Thomas' blood, which she obtained when removing trackers from the Gladers.

text: Having delivered the Immune children and the serum to Brenda, Gally returns to WCKD headquarters to find Thomas. Brenda is forced to flee with the Immune children to avoid capture. Thomas and Newt reunite with Minho in the medical wing. Teresa discovers that Thomas' blood can cure the Flare. She shares her discovery with WCKD's leader, Ava Paige, both agreeing that they must find Thomas. Brenda and the Immune children escape WCKD with Frypan's help. Meanwhile, Lawrence rallies his rebels outside the city before blowing a hole in the city wall, sacrificing himself to allow his allies and the infected people to storm the city. Gally finds Thomas, Minho, and Newt. Newt, sending Minho and Gally ahead to get the serum from Brenda, gives Thomas a pendant before passing out. Teresa transmits her voice throughout the city, telling Thomas that his blood can save Newt if he will only return to WCKD. Newt, nearly consumed by the Flare, regains consciousness and attacks Thomas, while begging Thomas to kill him. When Thomas will not, Newt–left with no other option–stabs himself.

text: Thomas makes his way back to WCKD and confronts Ava. However, she is killed by Janson, who is infected by the Flare. Janson knocks Thomas out and drags him to a lab where Teresa is ready to extract his blood. However, he reveals that he is only truly interested in curing himself and others that he feels are worthy, which results in Teresa turning on him. After a fight, Janson is killed, allowing Thomas and Teresa to escape to the rooftop, where Teresa gives Thomas a vial with the cure. Their allies suddenly appear in an aircraft: Thomas makes it aboard, but Teresa dies when the headquarters collapses in on itself.

text: The group reunites with the rest of the Immunes and The Right Arm, escaping to a safe haven, where the remaining population can live in safety. There, Thomas discovers that the pendant Newt gave him had a note in it. Still traumatized by his friends' deaths, he reads the note, in which Newt tells him to look after everyone.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Dylan O'Brien as Thomas
Kaya Scodelario as Teresa
Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt
Dexter Darden as Frypan
Nathalie Emmanuel as Harriet
Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge
Aidan Gillen as Janson
Walton Goggins as Lawrence
Ki Hong Lee as Minho
Jacob Lofland as Aris
Katherine McNamara as Sonya
Barry Pepper as Vince
Will Poulter as Gally
Rosa Salazar as Brenda
Patricia Clarkson as Ava Paige

tag: ul

text: Production[edit]

text: In March 2015, it was confirmed that T.S. Nowlin, who co-wrote the first and wrote the second film, would adapt Maze Runner: The Death Cure.[3] On September 16, 2015, it was confirmed that Ball would return to direct the final film.

text: Filming[edit]

text: Principal photography began on March 14, 2016, in Vancouver, British Columbia.[4][5] Previously it was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con International that filming would begin in February 2016.[6]

text: On March 18, 2016, it was reported that actor Dylan O'Brien was injured on set and was hospitalized. James Dashner announced via Twitter that the production was postponed after the accident.[7] It was said that the producers were "looking to" resume filming around mid-May.[8] According to the Directors Guild of Canada's production list, the film was scheduled to resume filming on May 9, and complete principal photography on July 26. However, on April 29, 2016, production was shut down indefinitely as O'Brien's injuries were more serious than previously thought.[9]

text: Filming resumed on March 6, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa.[10][11][12] In May 2017, it was announced that Walton Goggins would play the part of Lawrence, described as "an unusual and dangerous character who is part-revolutionary, part-anarchist, and a voice for the voiceless people."[13] Principal photography wrapped on June 3, 2017.[14]

text: Release[edit]

text: It was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on February 17, 2017.[15] However, due to Dylan O'Brien's injuries, the studio said that it was unlikely that this date was going to be met.[9] On May 27, 2016, 20th Century Fox rescheduled the film for January 12, 2018,[16] allowing time for Dylan O'Brien to fully recover.[17]

text: On April 22, 2017, the studio delayed the release date once again, to February 9, 2018, in order to allow more time for post-production; months later, on August 25, the studio moved the release forward two weeks.[18][19] The film premiered on January 26, 2018 in theatres and IMAX.[20][21]

text: Home media[edit]

text: Maze Runner: The Death Cure was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on April 24, 2018.[22]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Maze Runner: The Death Cure grossed $58 million in the United States and Canada, and $230.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $288.2 million, against a production budget of $62 million.[2]

text: In the United States and Canada, The Death Cure was released alongside the wide expansion of Hostiles, and was expected to gross around $20 million from 3,786 theaters in its opening weekend.[23] The film made $1.5 million from Thursday night previews, in between the $1.1 million made by the first film and $1.7 million by the second, and $8.4 million on its first day. It ended up opening to $24.2 million, down from the previous film but still finishing atop the box office.[24] In its second weekend the film dropped 57% to $10.5 million, finishing second behind Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.[25]

text: A week prior to its North American release, the film debuted in South Korea, Australia and Taiwan, grossing $15.1 million over its opening weekend.[23] During the first two weeks of international release, the film dominated the international box office taking $62.6 and $35.2 million respectively, and outpacing the two previous films.[26][27]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 42% based on 144 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Maze Runner: The Death Cure may offer closure to fans of the franchise, but for anyone who hasn't already been hooked, this bloated final installment is best left unseen."[28] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[29] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[24]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
List of awards and nominations

Year

Award

Category

Nominee(s)

Result

2018

Teen Choice Awards[30]

Choice Action Movie

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Nominated

Choice Action Movie Actor

Dylan O'Brien

Nominated

Choice Movie Ship

Dylan O'Brien & Kaya Scodelario

Nominated

Choice Movie Villain

Aidan Gillen

Nominated